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Ira Gabor Essoe

Case from Orange, CA dated Nov 06, 1980

Victim Details

Ira Gabor Essoe, Sr.

Male

White / Caucasian

Orange

CA

1980-11-06

69

Ira

Gabor Essoe

07/19/2026

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Ira Gabor Essoe Sr., a retired sergeant from the Orange County Sheriff's Department, succumbed to complications from gunshot wounds on February 4, 2010. The incident that led to his injuries occurred on November 6, 1980, when he and his partner, both in plainclothes, went to the Mall of Orange to collect bail on a warrant. Upon arrival, they observed three men breaking into a car in the mall's parking lot. As Sergeant Essoe approached one side of the car and his partner the other, one of the sus ...
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